EUPHONIA
In the waiting room
no one looks at the TV
or the magazines anymore
six seats
all filled by people
staring at their phones
lost in electronic Disneyland
mesmerized by choices
they have the only thing they need
their trusty phones
like pocket knives of the past
everyone has one on them
and everyone pulls them out to use
as soon as they get a down moment
our phones are thin
our patience even thinner
and so we kill time
by staring at screens
tapping icons
thumbing texts
fixated by our phones
we are numbed
we are hypnotized
caught up in the web
swiped away by lethargy
controlled by our own phones.
M.C. Newberry
Fri 2nd Nov 2018 11:30
I stick with my "dumbphone" - one that is used for calls and
texts only. Quite enough for me, thank you. Much younger
members of the family are all habitual users (patients?!)
of more complicated equivalents, like moths transfixed by
the light! I remain content in my own thoughts in any waiting room, with enough distraction provided by my
mental processes, let alone the behaviour of other people
in the room.